Take the quest “Untended Dreams” from the Royal Seneschal. Should you choose to undertake this quest, you will receive no guidance from the journal or the duty list. You will need to read the text carefully and decipher the clues to determine your next course of action.

Speak with the Lonesome Lass near the Quicksand/Adventurer’s Guild. Help her find the things she lost by following her clues. Afterwards, there will be pointers on who to speak to next until the quest is concluded. This is a good story that I would rather not spoil. Rewards: 3360 exp, 10 Peach Confetti, 10 Cherry Confetti

Event FATE: Color My World

Location: Emerald Avenue, Ul’dah

Speak with the Royal Handmaiden, beside the Royal Seneschal.

A status effect “Face in the Crowd” will be granted to the player. It can be removed by leaving the FATE area or by using the event action Curtain Call.

Cheer for the Songbirds using the special actions: Cheer On (blue), Cheer Wave (yellow) or Cheer Jump (red). All event action will appear on your Hotbar when Face in the Crowd is active.

Goal: Fill the FATE’s cheer bar.

As the FATE progresses, a different Songbird will be targetable. Cheer for her using the appropriate cheer action: Cheer Jump for Ulala, Cheer Wave for Narumi and Cheer On for Masha.

Speak with Kuplu Kumu at x8.5 y8.8 then head off to find the other slacking moogles at the Leatherworker Guild’s yard.

Return to Astrid to unlock the Valentione’s Day instance “Trials of the Moons”. To enter, speak to the House Valentione Servant nearby. Two participants are needed for the instance, either you party up with a friend before entering or the Duty Finder will randomly assign another player. I recommend partying up with a friend because the duty requires communication and cooperation! It is very fun and easy so I won’t ruin it with screenshots or spoilers.

After completing the instance, show an instance reward (Valentione’s Day Chocolate) to Astrid.

An optional, repeatable quest is unlocked after completing “Lessons in Love”. It is similar to the 2016 event. Take the quest “In Fortune with the Times” from Lisette if you want to try it out. You must form a party of two with another player for your fortune to be told:

Take the quest “More Bark and Mochi Bite” from the Inu Bugyo and then head over to the Lower Decks.

Look for Taro (the wolf pup):

Warm-hearted Woman at x9.2 y10.8 (Aetheryte Plaza)

Fun-loving Fellow at x7.3 y11.9 (Hawker’s Alley)

Rabid Wives Houndkeep at x7.8 y13.8 (above Fisherman’s Bottom)

Return to the inu bugyo.

Participate in the FATE “Who Let the Hounds Out” in any of the listed locations. Take Advent Cakes from the Heavensturn Mortar as the cyclops casts The Hammer and deliver them to Jiromaru (the paissa). Avoid the AoE sleep cast by the Mochi Thieves and the AoE heavy cast by Advent Mochi. You may also obtain Advent Cakes by killing Thieves and Mochi. Silver or Gold completion reward will count for the quest:

Take the quest “Stars and Explosions and Bears, Oh My” from Amh and then head over to the Bentbranch Meadows in Central Shroud.

Speak to Baenfaeld, near the Central Shroud aetheryte

Pick a Starlight bear to assist you on your quest: Pferkad (small), Kochab (medium) or Polaris (large). Picking a bear that is too large or too small for your character will result in Goldilocks-esque prompts: “This bear is too big”, “This bear is too small” until you get the right one and it will say “This bear is just right!”

Ride the starlight bear to the designated location and throw a Starburst (AOE target mount action):

x21 y21.2

x21.8 y23

On the second Starburst spot, speak to Taff to conclude the quest. Rewards: 3360 exp, 455 gil

Take the quest “Starlight Stakeout” from Taff. And don’t say that his testimony is bollocks even if you think so hahaha…

Head to Galvanth’s Spire a bit south of Bentbranch Meadows. Speak to Baenfaeld.

Head to the Mirror Planks slightly further down south. Speak to the Starlight Bear Handler to mount up.

Complete the nearby seasonal event FATE “Bad Luck Comes in Trees“. Even Bronze reward will get a completion prompt. Silver will reward 1 Starlight Box and Gold will reward 2 Starlight Boxes which can be used to purchase Starlight items.

Take the quest “Mind Their Manor” from Adventurer’s Guild Investigator.

Speak to the Enthralling Illusionist at the Amphitheatre to complete the quest. Rewards: 3360 exp, Access to The Haunted Manor instance

The Haunted Manor

Enter The Haunted Manor instance by speaking to the Harlequin Guide where you can obtain pumpkin cookies. You have to complete the quests of the imps in the manor to obtain the cookies as a reward. For the instance, you can sign up with one to four people and the duty finder will fill in any vacant spots. There is no class limit or requirement because it is not a battle instance. You will get any three of the following quests. Note: There is a Sanity Meter. It is depleted when you are spotted by one of the minions.

Skinchanger: Use smokebomb on pumpkins (Suspicious Pumpkin) to revealed the transformed imp. Even just one player will do. If the chest glows blue, that is the imp. Click it.

Arcane Circles: Four arcane circles are scattered all over the manor. All four players must stand on each one at the same time.

Other Info: Occasionally you will find an Obfuscation Charm. Use it to turn “invisible” for a few seconds so that you can just run past the imps and such. After completing the third task given by the Imp, you will complete the instance.

Note that the Manor instance is repeatable. Each successful run gives 3 Pumpkin Cookies. You can go again to obtain the Pumpkin Cookie tokens for event items.

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